The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-07-02
IN THE LABOR WORLD.
Specially Compiled for the Toilers By an Ad-
vooate Man.

VOcato nan.
"A factory to manufacture linoleum is
to be built at Bath, northampton county.
No child under twelve years Of age can
now be employed in mill, mine or manu-.
factory, law to this effect having been
passed by the late Legislature.
The anthracite coal shippers do moi
know whether the removal of the duty on
anthracite in Canada will increase exports
or not. Last year the shipment we're 800,
600 tons.
1T is said that American railroads have
made more money in the six months just
closing than they did in the same time Of
the flush years of 1879 to 1881 and 1892
and still they are not satisfied, but grum
BILE.
The eighteen hundred employees oi
the Reading Iron Works met last Sunday
and decided not to offer compromise term;
nor TO work at the proposed ten per cent re-
duction. The works will be closed Satur
day and the men locked out.
The Brook Iron Company at Blrdsboro,
Pa, has posted notice in its mines AIT
nounclng that, owing to the depression in
the iron market and in order to keep their
mills running, a reduction of wages Of
employees will have TO be made. The com.
pany employ about 500 hands.
Another important secret circular has
been issued from the headquarters of the
Knightslof Labor by General Secretary
Charles H. Litchman, addressed to all the
local assemblies of the order. 1t rigidly
commands, first, that the reports of the as
semblies for the quarter ending June 81
and the per capita tax of six cents on al
the membership, due July /, shall be for
warded to Mr.. Ltchman not later that Au
gust 10, and, second that each assembly
shall have post-effice box of its own fol
the reception of official documents; then il
sets forth that complaints are unjustlY mad,
against the General Secretary for the care.
lessness, and, finally, denounces in blttel
terms all such members of the order as hav,
betrayed its secrets"
We haye frequently been asked VIII!
we did not publish in the Labor World,
articles furthering the ideas of Henry
George and DR.. McGlynn. We do not be
ieve in attempting to further cause whicl
we look upon as pernicous to the laborinG
classes in its effects. 1t is our purpose tC
materially better the condition OF all classe:
of men but in no way could our purpose
be more retarded than by expounding Tho
theories of an extremist who finds hi:
strength only in the floating masses of cite!
and large towns. No man will advocate
the George land theories if he be the owner
Of his own home. To adopt the tax value
on land system complete change Of the
Federal constitution would be necessary
Ground rent must necessarily be a tax, II
taken in any other way, the federal con-
sttution demands that full compensation
be made therefore. II individuals shall bt
permitted to continue their exclusive oc
cupation on paying the whole ground rem
as tax, they cannot possibly be benefited
unless percentage of the surplus tax bt
returned to them, this would be impossible
and in direct opposition to the law. This
being the case we fail to see how any clas
of people will be materially or financially
benefited by the proposed ground rent
form of government.